MELBOURNE, Fla. – The swimming teams held Senior Day for the Class of 2022 on Saturday afternoon at the Panther Aquatic Center against Rollins. 

While the Panther women were unable to overcome the Tars, 176-84, they were able to record four individual wins and six top three finishes. Kennedy Nolan, in her last home meet as a member of the Crimson and Gray, recorded victories in the 200 Free (1:56.92) and 50 Free (24.83). Nolan won her two races by six hundredths of a second and seven hundredths of a second respectively. Savannah Brennan impressed the Melbourne crowd one last time by winning the 1650 Free with a 17:40.83 finish, 14 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor. Nicole Rautemberg won the 100 Free with a time of 54.15. 

The relay team of Brennan, Rautemberg, Shaelyn Rutta and Nolan won the 400 Free Relay with a finish of 3:36.66. 
 
FINAL RESULTS
Rollins defeats Florida Tech, 176.00-84.00
 
COACHES CORNER
"We had a really good week of training," said head coach David Dent. "I pushed the team really hard, they were pretty beat up, so our times weren't really where they typically are for dual meets, but I feel like how hard I pushed them that it's kind of what I expected. So, I think they responded pretty well to the training and I'm really looking forward to conference because of how hard they're pushing it right now."

"We missed out on a big portion of our winter training, but I think it's paying off for us pretty well. Instead of doing a lot of volume during that week, we missed out on that but when we jump back into the back into the water, we kind of just focused on intensity. And I think that's really paying off instead of having that big volume to build off of now we're just having that intensity to carry through until we back off before the conference meet."

"This senior class, it's special to me, because this is the first class that I recruited to Florida Tech. So, seeing them stay all four years and make it to graduation, it was kind of bittersweet. I love every single one of them and I know a lot of them have big goals and big dreams outside of the swimming world that they are achieving and that they're going to accomplish after they graduate and I'm just very proud of them. They helped me through a lot and I hope I helped them through a lot and I just hope to see them come back and get back to our team in the future too."
 
The Panthers conclude the regular season on Friday, Jan 28 at Florida Southern.
 
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